Marland wrote:
Marland wrote:
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:

007 returned to service today; finishing early at 1800 AIUI in order to
allow the 484 to continue test running.

Initially there were reports the line was closing again for the weekend for
engineering work but
007 looking very smart took up duties this morning.

Unfortunately it failed late morning and is back in the depot.



Well, the unit was running yesterday though for much of the day the local
travel bulletins said there was a replacement bus service so there may have
been both options till the buses were stood down
later in the day.

Today it was the usual “ Island line service suspended, replacement buses
running” from the travel bulletin.
Power supply problems mentioned as the cause on bulletins heard later, Does
the 484 take more juice I wonder and strained the life expired electrical
equipment on an overnight test?

Incidentally the unit which emerged from overhaul and looks likely to be
the final torchbearer for the tube stock has acquired a staff bestowed
name sticker as a nod to the recently retired depot manager who oversaw
keeping these going with minimal resources for years.

Is carrying a name albeit a probably unofficial one a first for a tube
train?
The full gauge Met locos had them of course but I cannot recall anything
tube sized,

LU's 14 Schöma diesels, used on JLE construction and then works trains, 10
of which have been reengineered as battery locos, carry/carried names
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_diesel_locomotives

a possible candidate may have been the steam loco that worked on extending
the lines to Morden,
Cockfosters and the Central Eastwards that was known by the name Brazil
after the class name Kerr Stuart gave to the design but the few photos
around only seem to show a builders plate not a nameplate.
https://transportsofdelight.smugmug....ES/i-xfmN5HM/A


It was basically a standard gauge version of a narrow gauge design several
examples of which can still be seen at places like the Sittingbourne and
Kemsley

Looking at the picture I bet the crew suffered from back ache after a
shift.


Off-topic for this thread but a controversy apparently reared its head
recently regarding a proposal to put a normal size cab on this ex-Harrogate
Gas Works loco
https://www.mattditch.photography/blog/the-history-of-barber (read the
comments here!-
https://www.facebook.com/groups/narrowgauge/permalink/5023624207649567/ )


Anna Noyd-Dryver